Peter Floydd: Privacy is a thing of the past.

Do you remember a little thing called privacy?

It seems to be something that was respected and understood way back, when people had what we called a life. This was long before mobile phones and the internet were a part of our lives altogether, let alone in the palm of our hands, on our smartphones and tablets. Now, the world can catch up with our lives in an instant and get our own itinerary of where we are, who we're with and what we are doing. But lets face it, we've all put ourselves in this situation by making it the worlds business and shoving, what we're eating for breakfast and the new pair of shoes we bought online, down peoples throats. As we speak I'm clicking on my phone to check if there are any Facebook notifications on my page and flicking through the latest photo uploads on Instagram.

(http://tbonecafe.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/a-month-of-letters/)

The advanced mobile technology we have become so immune to (this includes all smartphones and lets not forget about tablets) has become one of the biggest reasons as to why there are problems in social media, it can be reached anywhere, at anytime. These include all smartphones and tablets that have become so advanced within the past decade, that we can manage all phone calls, text messages, emails, social media, music and photos on one simple and compact device, and lets not forget about google-ing our queries instantaneously.

When mobile phones where first introduced with an in-built camera, all over the media, we kept hearing about perverts taking photo's up women's skirts on trains or as they were walking past, without the women's acknowledgement. Ten years later, I find it funny how we've all become unwilling to accept the fact that this issue still continues in our society, and that we still crave that the technological evolution only grows greater and stronger. What's worse is that we allow people to check us out and in a certain way, want them to see the best of us, by uploading outlandish photo's of us in swimwear, selfies and (if we're confident enough) selfies in front of the mirror wearing barely anything, except out underwear.

(http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/)

In Aprill 2012, the team at Google started testing their new product, Google Glass, a new eyepiece that wears like your everyday glasses, but with innovative capabilities that can start google-ing at your voice command or take a picture and video when you tell it to.

(http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/google-glass)

A clip of how Google Glass works and how it feels.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v1uyQZNg2vE)

Although Google Glass seems like an AMAZING and life changing concept (I have to say, I actually got goosebumps just watching the YouTube clip above), how are we all going to feel with everyone wearing them in the streets? With a simple "record" anyone could be recording us eating in public, strutting the street or (if we ever dare to) giving our partners a passionate kiss goodbye. With Google Glass, privacy will well and truly be over. We'll constantly have to be hyper aware of who and what is around us. Are we safe to talk about private issues with friends at the park? Are we going to make a fool of ourselves when we've had one too many wines at the bar? Google Glass gives people the ability to photograph or record anything they want without being obvious, no more sneaky sneaky shots with with their phones at the risk of being caught!!